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A screenshot of John Green and Hank Green in the 2025 Project For Awesome livestream

Hank & John Green raise $3.6M in 2025 'Project For Awesome' charity livestream

Hank and John Green’s annual charity livestream, Project for Awesome, has been a massive fundraising success since 2007.
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A man opens a door to a large bus, called The Dignity Bus, while another man steps off of the vehicle

Cities use 'dignity buses' to combat homeless shelter shortages: 'Safe, temporary, and comfortable'

The “shelters on wheels” cost far less to operate than a brick-and-mortar alternative.
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An aerial view of a tiny home community

New tiny home 'recovery village' designed to promote sobriety in homeless residents

The low-barrier community will provide shelter to residents for up to 24 months as they work to maintain sobriety.
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A gray thermal and foam arch-like structure called the Iglou, which offers emergency shelter to unhoused people

Emergency 'igloo' shelters provide refuge for homeless folks in freezing temperatures

The interior of the Iglou emergency shelter is 18 degrees warmer than outside temperatures.
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Two photos side by side. On the left is a vacant building that was once Winans Performing Arts Academy in Detroit. On the right is a remodeled version of the same building, which will soon open as Anchor Detroit.

These schools once sat vacant. Now, they provide life-changing resources to thousands of low-income families

Here, community members can find afterschool programs, career development, and health and wellness resources.
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A photo collage of an aerial view of a forest, a tablet displaying imagery of genetic editing, a young girl wearing a Taylor Swift The Eras Tour shirt, a section of a vertical farm, and a row of solar panels in a solar farm

Good News This Week: February 1, 2025 - Shovels, Forests, & Vertical Farms

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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A mockup of the Watt Service Center and Safe Stay facility in Sacramento, California

California establishes 'innovative' new homeless campus: 'Heck of a lot cheaper than letting someone stay unsheltered'

The new Safe Stay campus will include 225 cabins, 75 emergency respite beds, health services, job training, and more.
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Two side-by-side images. On the left, a woman in her 30's holds a toddler, smiling. On the right, someone holds a phone, which displays the Endo45 app on the screen.

Enduring years of endometriosis pain, this engineer developed an app to help others like her

The Endo45 app aims to help women reduce pain, improve mood, navigate treatment, and more.
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In a YouTube screenshot, a young man walks an elderly woman down her driveway

TikTok-famous landscaper raises $800k for elderly neighbor to make her home more accessible

Followers came together to raise funds for the disabled woman to have a safer and more accessible home.
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On the left: actor Michael J. Fox (a middle-aged white man) smiles as he sits on a stool against a black backdrop. On the right: A gloved hand selects a test tube from a tray of samples in a clinical setting.

New testing backed by Michael J. Fox Foundation could detect Parkinson's well before symptoms appear

The actor’s charitable foundation has just unlocked the key to flagging Parkinson’s disease early, putting us one step closer to ending Parkinson’s for good.
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